Machine for wiring picket fences



(No Model.)

J, C. HAAG.

MAGHINB POR WIRNG PIGKE'I FENGBS. No. 356,638. Patented. Jan. 25, 1887 Ail;

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rrnn SrA'rns Pnrnnr @triest JOHN o. HAAG, or LANSING, irronienn.

MACHINE FOR WIRING PCKET FENCES.

:PEGIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,638, dated January25, 1887.

Application filed Sepemhor 3G, 1836. Serial No. 5215.013. (No model.)

.To @ZZ when@ may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN C. HAAG, of Lansing, in the county of Inghamand State of Michigan, here invented new and useful Improvements inMachines for XViring Picket Fences; and Ido hereby declare that thefollowin g is a full, clear, end exact description there of, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which forni n port of thisspeciiiccr tion.

This invention relates to certa-in new andv useful improvements inwiringninchines.

The object of this invention is to provide e machine by moons of whichpickets may he 'wired to it wire strand of n fence by inclosing threesides of the picket with the Wrapping- Wire, the ends of which areWrapped by the machine around the Wire strand which covers the fourthfece ofthe pick et. The saine device may be ed vontogeously employed forsecuring electrical wires to insulators, :ind for various other pnrposes.

The invention co nsists in n machine, adapted to be operated by hond, byineens of which short pieces of Wire may he forced to embrace threesides of n picket2 the fourth side of which rests against e wire strandof the fence, and by ineens of which the ends of the Wrappingwirc ineyhe lrinly Wrapped around the Wire strand, thereby tightly, thoroughly,and effectunliy securing,` the picket in place.

It also consists in the peculiar construction o the device, its variousparts, and their coinhinetion, os more fully hereinafter described sindclaimed.

Figure l is a perspective vien of my ini- Fig. 2 is e top pleo, of theseine. Fig. S is a side elevation. Fig. 4 shows the manner in which opicket is secured to the wire strands oi e fence.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a suitable freine for.cnrryingthc Working parts, this freine bein g provided with ahandle, B.roperly supported in the tivo sides of this ironie is the :neindriving-wheel C, heving e crank, D, by ineens of which motion is givento it.

E is e shaft having upon it two pinions, F, rigidly secured, with one ofwhich thcdriving- Wheel C engages,

G are two other pinions suitably supported in the freine, and whichengage with the pinions F, The two pinions G, being rigidly scoured totheir shafts, are slotted,as shown at ain Figs. l and 3,such slotsineach being coincident, or on the saine line, und extending to the centerofthe shaft which supports them; and through these pinions G, e littlein rear of the interior end of these slots, there are holes i), whichmust be coincident or on o line with each other in the two pinions.

In practice I will describe the device as in use in securing woodenpickets to the strands of a wire fence, the strands being drawn tightlybetween the proper posts. A short piece of wire, c, long enough toembrace three sides of the picket and to maite two or more wraps aroundthe wire strand d ofthe fence, is pushed through the holes b, leavingthe ends of the wire projecting equally, as nein' es possible, on eachside of the device. The picket e is then inserted between the pinions Gand against the Wire c, and the slots e in the device :tre now presentedto embrace the Wire strand d, and motion being given to the pinions G,through the handle D and the intervening mechanism, the Wire c, beingeccentric to the shaft of the pinions through which it runs,l is Wrappedaround this Wire strand, es shown in Fig. 4, thereby rigidly and closelyconfining the pichet in piece. The ends of the Wire c draw out of theholes b as the pinions in their revolutions twist the seme around themoin wire d., and then the apparatus cnn be readily removed to repeatthe operation on another picket. The side bars of the freine are bracedhy cross-hars L, which are arranged just ihr enough buck of the shaftthat supports the pinions G to forni n guide and stop for the post toprevent the seine from being pushed baci; too for, ns otherwise thepickets might drew the ends of the Wire c out or' the holes b.

Vhet I claim es my invention isl. A Wire-Wrapping machine having twowrapping-Wheels adapted to receive c post between them, with slotscoincident in each extending to or nearly to the exis of such Wheels,and coincident holes through such Wheels eccentric to their axis, incoinbinetion Wit-h e freine in which such Wheels revolve,

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having an opening forward of the axis of said therein, shaft E, pinionsF F carried thereby, Wheels, and mechanism for giving motion to pinionsG G in front of the pinions F F and the Wrapping-Wheels, substantiallyas and for formed with slots et a, and holes I) b in `rear 15 thepurposes described. of said slots, and the erossbars L L, connect- 5 2.The combination, with the frame and two ing the side bars of said frameand serving as slottedwrappingwheelsrevolvingtherein and a stop,substantially as and for the purpose adapted to receive a post betweenthem, said speeiiied. Wheels being provided with coincident holes, asdescribed, of a. stop on said frame, slibstalnA l JOHN C' HAAG' totially as and for the purpose specified. i Witnesses:

3. The Wire-Wrapping maeliine described, i H. S. SPRAGUE, consisting ofthe frame A, pinion C journaled THOMAS ERNEST.

